PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE STATISTICS
UK publishers' revenue 1997
Source: Publishers Association
Books published 1998
|
|
Average price all books 1998 (£ sterling) |
No. paperback titles published 1998 |
Total titles published | |
|
1998 |
1993 | |||
|
Children's books |
6.08 |
4,766 |
8,399 |
7,030 |
|
School text books |
15.38 |
3,374 |
4,096 |
2,880 |
|
Adult fiction |
9.86 |
6,106 |
9,111 |
8,022 |
|
Adult non-fiction |
21.07 |
19,050 |
29,480 |
21,653 |
|
Scientific, technical, medical |
43.02 |
9,768 |
17,668 |
16,931 |
|
Academic/professional books |
30.71 |
19,258 |
34,171 |
27,264 |
|
Total no. of titles published in the UK |
25.60 |
62,322 |
102,925 |
83,780 |
|
(Including new editions of existing titles) |
(22.88) |
(18,297) |
(24,298) |
(21,026) |
Source: The Bookseller
Book sales by destination 1997
|
£ millions sterling |
|
|
Consumers |
1,850 |
|
Public libraries |
103 |
|
Student/academic (informal) |
39 |
|
Other state funded education |
166 |
|
Independent schools |
30 |
|
Higher education libraries |
220 |
|
Business and professional |
340 |
|
Other and under-recording |
130 |
|
Total |
2,878 |
Source: Book Trade Yearbook 1998
Periodical prices
|
|
1998 |
1993 | ||||
|
No. of titles in sample |
Price £ sterling |
% increase over 1996 |
No. of titles in sample |
Price £ |
% increase over 1991 | |
|
Humanities & Social Sciences |
841 |
134.12 |
9.48 |
841 |
75.77 |
6.92 |
|
Medicine |
203 |
325.00 |
6.02 |
203 |
185.75 |
5.86 |
|
Science and Technology |
962 |
560.81 |
2.40 |
962 |
324.99 |
7.77 |
|
Total |
2,007 |
358.16 |
3.78 |
2,007 |
206.35 |
7.46 |
|
Average Great Britain |
879 |
334.89 |
8.42 |
879 |
191.47 |
10.45 |
|
Average USA & Canada |
698 |
336.8 |
6.40 |
698 |
197.96 |
-0.17 |
|
Other countries |
430 |
391.71 |
-6.69 |
430 |
250.04 |
13.82 |
Source: The Bookseller
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